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11 In the report on the 1977 Amendments that 

revised section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, Congress 

noted that the Administrator’s determination that 

the ‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’ exception applies 

would be appropriate for any action that has a 

scope or effect beyond a single judicial circuit. See 

H.R. Rep. No. 95–294 at 323, 324, reprinted in 1977 

U.S.C.C.A.N. 1402–03. 

U.S. The EPA relies on a single set of 

updated, 2016-base year photochemical 

grid modeling results for the year 2023 

as the primary basis for its assessment 

of air quality conditions and 

contributions at steps 1 and 2 of the 

EPA’s 4-step framework for assessing 

good neighbor obligations. The EPA has 

selected nationally uniform analytic 

years for its analysis under the 4-step 

framework and is applying a nationally 

uniform approach to nonattainment and 

maintenance receptors and a nationally 

uniform approach to contribution 

threshold analysis.11

Specifically, the Administrator finds 

that this action on the State of 

Wyoming’s SIP submission is based on 

several determinations of nationwide 

scope or effect, including his 

determination: (1) that use of the same 

2023 analytical year air quality 

modeling (2016v3) and monitoring data 

that were used to define all other states’ 

good neighbor obligations for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS is appropriate for 

evaluating Wyoming’s contribution in 

this action; (2) that it is appropriate to 

use the EPA’s nationwide methodology 

for identifying nonattainment and 

maintenance receptors, including 

‘‘violating monitor’’ maintenance-only 

receptors, using the 2016v3 modeling 

and recent monitoring data; (3) that it is 

appropriate to use the EPA’s nationwide 

methodology for calculating states’ 

contribution levels to out of state 

receptors in calculating Wyoming’s 

impact; and (4) that a conclusion that a 

state’s impact on all out of state 

receptors is less than 1 percent of the 

NAAQS (using the data and 

methodologies described in items (1) 

through (3)) is sufficient to approve the 

state’s good neighbor SIP submission for 

the 2015 ozone NAAQS, without further 

analysis. 

These determinations lie at the core of 

this final action and ensure consistency 

and equity in the treatment of all states 

in addressing the multistate problem of 

interstate ozone pollution under the 

good neighbor provision for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS. These determinations 

are not related to the particularities of 

the emissions sources in Wyoming or 

any specific state. 

For these reasons, the Administrator 

is exercising the complete discretion 

afforded to him under the CAA and 

hereby makes and publishes a finding 

that this action is based on multiple 

determinations of nationwide scope or 

effect for purposes of CAA section 

307(b)(1). Therefore, any petitions for 

review of this action must be filed in the 

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Ozone. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Environmental Protection 

Agency amends 40 CFR part 52 as 

follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart ZZ—Wyoming 

■ 2. In § 52.2620, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding the entry ‘‘(35) 

XXXV’’ in numerical order to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.2620 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

Rule No. Rule title State effective 

date 

EPA effective 

date 

Final rule citation/ 

date Comments 

(35) XXXV ............... Interstate transport SIP for section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) prongs 1 and 2 for 

the 2015 Ozone NAAQS.

1/3/2019 1/18/2024 [insert Federal Register citation], 12/ 

19/2024.

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40 CFR Part 302 

Designation, Reportable Quantities, 

and Notification 

CFR Correction 

This rule is being published by the 

Office of the Federal Register to correct 

an editorial or technical error that 

appeared in the most recent annual 

revision of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

■ In Title 40 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 300 to 399, revised as 

of July 1, 2023, Appendix B to § 302.4 

as published in the July 1, 2021, 

revision of title 40, parts 300 to 399, is 

reinstated. 

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47 CFR Part 25 

[IB Docket Nos. 22–411; 22–271; FCC 23– 

73; FR ID 190672] 

Expediting Initial Processing of 

Satellite and Earth Station 

Applications; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

preamble to a final rule published in the 

Federal Register of December 6, 2023, 

regarding Expediting the Initial 

Processing of Satellite and Earth Station 

Applications. This correction removes a 

sentence that erroneously stated that a 

proposed rule relating to further 

expediting satellite and earth station 

application processing was published 

elsewhere in the same issue of the 

Federal Register. The proposed rule 

published in the Federal Register of 

December 8, 2023. 

DATES: The correction is effective 

January 5, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Malette, Attorney Advisor, Satellite 

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Bureau, at 202–418–2453 or 

julia.malette@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In final rule FR Doc. 2023–26699, in 

the issue of December 6, 2023, on page 

84737 in the 3rd column, remove the 

sentence: ‘‘A proposed rule relating to 

further expediting satellite and earth 

station application processing is 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register.’’ 

Dated: December 12, 2023. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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